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A small square shield, formerly worn on the shoulders of knights, -- being the prototype of the modern epaulet. Fairholt.

To lighten or lessen the force or weight of. [Obs.] Should no others join capable to alleviate the expense. Evelyn. Those large bladders . . . conduce much to the alleviating of the body [of flying birds]. Ray.

d to a person or thing. Alone on a wide, wide sea. Coleridge. It is not good that the man should be alone. Gen. ii. 18.

A square of white linen worn at first on the head, but now about the neck and shoulders, by priests of the Roman Catholic Church while saying Mass.

and at before a thing. Be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves. Gen. xlv. 5. Wherefore should God be angry at thy voice Eccles. v. 6.

sider or remark by way of criticism or censure; to express censure; -- with on or upon. I should not animadvert on him . . . if he had not used extreme severity in his judgment of the incomparable Shakespeare. Dryden.

Plainly; clearly; manifestly; evidently. If he should scorn me so apparently. Shak.

appendant to a paper. As they have transmitted the benefit to us, it is but reasonable we should suffer the appendant calamity. Jer. Taylor.

ands, acclamation, or other significant sign. I would applaud thee to the very echo, That should applaud again. Shak.

of; to increase the market price of; -- opposed to depreciate. [U.S.] Lest a sudden peace should appreciate the money. Ramsay.

Probation or novitiate. [Obs.] This day my sister should the cloister enter, And there receive her approbation. Shak.

One who favors an aristocracy as a form of government, or believes the aristocracy should govern. His whole family are accused of being aristocrats. Romilly.

The limb of the human body which extends from the shoulder to the hand; also, the corresponding limb of a monkey.

The cavity under the shoulder; the armpit. Bacon.

The hollow beneath the junction of the arm and shoulder; the axilla.

want of knowledge. Dryden. It is not arrogance, but timidity, of which the Christian body should now be arraigned by the world. I. Taylor.

Arrival. [Obs.] Chaucer. How should I joy of thy arrive to hear! Drayton.

y articles; to stipulate; to bargain; to covenant. [R.] Then he articled with her that he should go away when he pleased. Selden.

To accompany; to keep company with. [Obs.] Friends should associate friends in grief and woe. Shak.

d or associated with a thing. Words . . . must owe their powers association. Johnson. Why should . . . the holiest words, with all their venerable associations, be profaned Coleridge.